Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

To Paradise by Hanya Yanagihara

2 reviews

danaaliyalevinson's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Thorny, structurally difficult in its first half. But the second half packs such a punch that is only as satisfying as it is because of the groundwork laid in the first half. A dynamic cautionary tale about the ways that our generational trauma can silently destroy us and others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Colonisation, Gaslighting, Grief, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Sexual assault

deandra_lalonde's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Cancer, Police brutality, War, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Child death, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Rape, Violence, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Toxic friendship